Case study

Uncharted Waters: New Horizons — a native Windows static recompilation

Uncharted Waters: New Horizons is statically recompiled into a native Windows 10/11 application that uses the player's own USA/Canada NTSC ROM. The source includes generated native code, a target core and an SDL frontend, with an optional headless connector. Widescreen support remains experimental.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2026-11-09
Language: C
License (GitHub): Zlib

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Evidence

Observed: Code, documentation and a download method observed; no demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-08

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Windows 10/11 x64 and a supported USA/Canada NTSC game ROM.
Prerequisites: Building requires x64 MinGW-w64 GCC/G++, CMake 3.28 or newer and Ninja.
Limits: Widescreen is experimental and only partially qualified.
License: Zlib license.

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BibTeX

@misc{uncharted-waters-new-horizons-static-recomp-case,
  title = {{Uncharted Waters: New Horizons — a native Windows static recompilation}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/Junior-Jones/Uncharted-Waters-New-Horizons-SNES-Static-Recomp}},
  url = {https://github.com/Junior-Jones/Uncharted-Waters-New-Horizons-SNES-Static-Recomp},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/uncharted-waters-new-horizons-static-recomp-case/}}
}

Plain text

Uncharted Waters: New Horizons — a native Windows static recompilation. https://github.com/Junior-Jones/Uncharted-Waters-New-Horizons-SNES-Static-Recomp (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/uncharted-waters-new-horizons-static-recomp-case/

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README.md GitHub · Junior-Jones/Uncharted-Waters-New-Horizons-SNES-Static-Recomp · Revision 5c49167